! ==============================================================================
! ENGLISH: Language Definition File
!
-! Supplied for use with Inform 6 -- Release 6.12.1 -- Serial number 160605
+! Supplied for use with Inform 6 -- Release 6.12.6 -- Serial number 220219
!
-! Copyright Graham Nelson 1993-2004 and David Griffith 2012-2016
+! Copyright Graham Nelson 1993-2004 and David Griffith 2012-2022
!
! This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
! it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
name 'u//' 'up' 'ceiling' 'above' 'sky';
CompassDirection -> d_obj with short_name "ground", door_dir d_to,
name 'd//' 'down' 'floor' 'below' 'ground';
-#endif; ! WITHOUT_DIRECTIONS
+#Endif; ! WITHOUT_DIRECTIONS
CompassDirection -> in_obj with short_name "inside", door_dir in_to;
CompassDirection -> out_obj with short_name "outside", door_dir out_to;
'l//': print "look";
'x//': print "examine";
'z//': print "wait";
+! CompassDirection
+ 'n//': print "north";
+ 's//': print "south";
+ 'e//': print "east";
+ 'w//': print "west";
+ 'ne//': print "northeast";
+ 'nw//': print "northwest";
+ 'se//': print "southeast";
+ 'sw//': print "southwest";
default: rfalse;
}
rtrue;
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ LanguageVerbLikesAdverb w;
- if (w == 'look' or 'go' or 'push' or 'walk')
+ if (w == 'look' or 'go' or 'run' or 'leave' or 'l//' or 'push' or 'walk')
rtrue;
rfalse;
];
Constant SCORE__TX = "Score: ";
Constant MOVES__TX = "Moves: ";
Constant TIME__TX = "Time: ";
+Constant SCORE_S__TX = "S: ";
+Constant MOVES_S__TX = "M: ";
+Constant TIME_S__TX = "T: ";
Constant CANTGO__TX = "You can't go that way.";
Constant FORMER__TX = "your former self";
Constant MYFORMER__TX = "my former self";
Constant THOSET__TX = "those things";
Constant THAT__TX = "that";
+Constant THE__TX = "the";
Constant OR__TX = " or ";
Constant NOTHING__TX = "nothing";
Constant IS__TX = " is";
Constant WHOM__TX = "whom ";
Constant WHICH__TX = "which ";
Constant COMMA__TX = ", ";
-Constant COLON__TX = ": ";
+Constant COLON__TX = ":";
+
+! For EnterSub()
+Constant STAND__TX = 'stand';
+Constant SIT__TX = 'sit';
+Constant LIE__TX = 'lie';
+
+Constant LIBERROR__TX = "Library error ";
+Constant TERP__TX = "Interpreter ";
+Constant VER__TX = "Version ";
+Constant STDTERP__TX = "Standard interpreter ";
+Constant TERPVER__TX = "Interpreter version ";
+Constant LIBSER__TX = "Library Serial Number ";
+Constant VM__TX = "VM ";
+Constant RELEASE__TX = "Release ";
+Constant SERNUM__TX = "Serial number ";
+Constant INFORMV__TX = "Inform v";
+Constant LIBRARYV__TX = " Library v";
! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
! FYI on nominative pronouns versus accusative pronouns...
];
! Nominative
-[ CTheyreorThats obj;
+[ CTheyreOrThats obj;
if (obj == player) {
if (player provides narrative_voice) {
- if (player.narrative_voice == 1) { print "I'm"; return; }
- if (player.narrative_voice == 3) { CDefart(player); print "'s"; return; }
+ if (player.narrative_voice == 1) { Tense("I'm", "I was"); return; }
+ if (player.narrative_voice == 3) { CDefart(player); Tense("'s", " was"); return; }
}
- print "You're";
+ Tense("You're", "You were");
return;
}
- if (obj has pluralname) { print "They're"; return; }
- if (obj has female) { print "She's"; return; }
+ if (obj has pluralname) { Tense("They're", "They were"); return; }
+ if (obj has female) { Tense("She's", "She was"); return; }
if (obj has male or animate) {
- if (obj hasnt neuter) { print "He's"; return; }
+ if (obj hasnt neuter) { Tense("He's", "He was"); return; }
}
- print "That's";
+ Tense("That's", "That was");
];
[ IsOrAre obj;
[ nop x; x = x; ]; ! print rule to absorb unwanted return value
-[ SubjectNotPlayer obj reportage v2 v3 past;
+[ SubjectNotPlayer obj reportage nocaps v2 v3 past;
if (past && player provides narrative_tense && player.narrative_tense == PAST_TENSE) {
v2 = past;
v3 = past;
else {print (the) obj, " ", (string) v3; return;}
}
else
- if (obj has pluralname) { print (The) obj, " ", (string) v2; return;}
- else { print (The) obj, " ", (string) v3; return;}
+ if (obj has pluralname) {
+ if (nocaps)
+ print (the) obj;
+ else
+ print (The) obj;
+ print " ", (string) v2;
+ return;
+ }
+ else {
+ if (nocaps)
+ print (the) obj;
+ else
+ print (The) obj;
+ print " ", (string) v3; return;
+ }
];
[ CSubjectVoice obj v1 v2 v3 past;
if (nocaps) { print "you ", (string) v2; return; }
print "You ", (string) v2; return;
}
- SubjectNotPlayer(obj, reportage, v2, v3);
+ SubjectNotPlayer(obj, reportage, nocaps, v2, v3);
];
[ CSubjectIs obj reportage nocaps;
else Tense("You're", "You were");
return;
}
- SubjectNotPlayer(obj, reportage, "are", "is", "was");
+ SubjectNotPlayer(obj, reportage, nocaps, "are", "is", "was");
];
[ CSubjectIsnt obj reportage nocaps;
else Tense("You aren't", "You weren't");
return;
}
- SubjectNotPlayer(obj, reportage, "aren't", "isn't", "wasn't");
+ SubjectNotPlayer(obj, reportage, nocaps, "aren't", "isn't", "wasn't");
];
[ CSubjectHas obj reportage nocaps;
else Tense("You've", "You'd");
return;
}
- SubjectNotPlayer(obj, reportage, "have", "has", "had");
+ SubjectNotPlayer(obj, reportage, nocaps, "have", "has", "had");
];
[ CSubjectWill obj reportage nocaps;
if (obj == player) {
if (player provides narrative_voice) switch (player.narrative_voice) {
- 1: Tense("I'll", "I would've"); return;
+ 1: Tense("I'll", "I would"); return;
2: ! Do nothing.
3: CDefart(player);
- Tense(" will", " would've"); return;
+ Tense(" will", " would"); return;
default: RunTimeError(16, player.narrative_voice);
}
if (nocaps) Tense("you'll", "you'd");
else Tense("You'll", "You'd");
return;
}
- SubjectNotPlayer(obj, reportage, "will", "will", "would");
+ SubjectNotPlayer(obj, reportage, nocaps, "will", "will", "would");
];
[ CSubjectCan obj reportage nocaps;
if (caps) print "Y"; else print "y";
print "our"; return;
}
- if (caps) print "H"; else print "h";
- if (obj has male) { print "is"; return; }
- if (obj has female) { print "er"; return; }
- if (caps) print "I"; else { print "i"; print "ts"; return; }
+ if (obj has pluralname) {
+ if (caps) print "T"; else print "t";
+ print "heir"; return;
+ }
+ if (obj has female) {
+ if (caps) print "H"; else print "h";
+ print "er"; return;
+ }
+ if (obj has male or animate) {
+ if (obj hasnt neuter) {
+ if (caps) print "H"; else print "h";
+ print "is"; return;
+ }
+ }
+ if (caps) print "I"; else { print "i"; }
+ print "ts"; return;
];
[ PossessiveCaps obj;
1: CSubjectIsnt(actor,true); " wearing ", (ThatOrThose) x1, ".";
2: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"take off",0,"takes off", "took off");
" ", (the) x1, ".";
+ 3: "(first taking ", (the) x1, " off)";
+ 4: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false, "will need to", 0, 0, "had to");
+ " remove ", (the) noun, " first.";
}
Drink: print "There";
Tense("'s", " was");
2: CSubjectVerb(actor, false, false, "haven't got", 0, "hasn't got",
"didn't have");
" ", (the) x1, ".";
- 3: "(first taking ", (the) x1, " off)";
- 4: "Dropped.";
+ 3: "Dropped.";
+ 4: CSubjectVerb(actor, false, false, "need to take", 0, 0, "had to take");
+ print " ", (the) x1, " ";
+ if (x2 has container)
+ print "out";
+ else
+ print "off";
+ " of ", (the) x2, " before dropping ", (ItOrThem) x1, ".";
}
Eat: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectIs(x1,true); " plainly inedible.";
1: print "There ";
Tense("isn't", "wasn't");
" anything obvious with which to fill ", (the) x1, ".";
- 2: print "Filling ", (the) x1, " from ", (the) x2;
- Tense(" doesn't", " didn't");
- " make sense.";
+ 2: print "Filling ", (the) x1, " from ", (the) x2, " wouldn't ";
+ Tense("make", "have made");
+ " sense.";
}
FullScore: switch (n) {
1: if (deadflag) print "The score was "; else print "The score is ";
}
Go: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectWill(actor,true);
- Tense(" have", " had");
+ Tense(" have", " have had");
" to get ", (nop) SupportObj(x1,"off","out of"), " ", (the) x1, " first.";
2: CSubjectCant(actor,true); " go that way.";
3: CSubjectIs (actor,true); " unable to climb ", (the) x1, ".";
2: CSubjectCant(x1,true); " contain things.";
3: CSubjectIs (x1,true); " closed.";
4: CSubjectWill(actor,true);
- Tense(" need", " needed");
+ Tense(" need", " have needed");
" to take ", (ItOrThem) x1, " off first.";
5: CSubjectCant(actor,true); " put something inside itself.";
6: "(first taking ", (ItOrThem) x1, " off)";
- 7: print "There ";
+ 7: print "There";
Tense(" is", " was");
" no more room in ", (the) x1, ".";
8: "Done.";
4: ".";
}
Jump: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"jump",0,"jumps","jumped"); " on the spot, fruitlessly.";
- JumpIn:
- print "Jumping in ", (the) x1, " ";
- Tense("would achieve", "would have achieved");
- " nothing here.";
- JumpOn:
- print "Jumping upon ", (the) x1, " ";
- Tense("would achieve", "would have achieved");
- " nothing here.";
+ JumpIn: switch (n) {
+ 1: print "Jumping in ", (the) x1, " ";
+ Tense("would achieve", "would have achieved");
+ " nothing here.";
+ 2: DecideAgainst();
+ }
+ JumpOn: switch (n) {
+ 1: print "Jumping upon ", (the) x1, " ";
+ Tense("would achieve", "would have achieved");
+ " nothing here.";
+ 2: DecideAgainst();
+ }
JumpOver: switch (n) {
- 1: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"achieve",0,"achieve","achieved"); " nothing by this.";
+ 1: print "Jumping over ", (the) x1, " ";
+ Tense("would achieve", "would have achieved");
+ " nothing here.";
2: DecideAgainst();
}
Kiss: "Keep your mind on the game.";
21: print " (in ";
22: print ", inside ";
}
- LMode1: print " is now in its ";
+ LMode1: print (string) Story, " is now in its ";
if (initial_lookmode == 1) print "normal ";
"~brief~ printing mode, which gives long descriptions
of places never before visited and short descriptions otherwise.";
- LMode2: print " is now in its ";
+ LMode2: print (string) Story, " is now in its ";
if (initial_lookmode ~= 1 or 3) print "normal ";
"~verbose~ mode, which always gives long descriptions
of locations (even if you've been there before).";
- LMode3: print " is now in its ";
+ LMode3: print (string) Story, " is now in its ";
if (initial_lookmode == 3) print "normal ";
"~superbrief~ mode, which always gives short descriptions
of locations (even if you haven't been there before).";
Mild: "Quite.";
Miscellany: switch (n) {
1: "(considering the first sixteen objects only)^";
- 2: "Nothing to do!";
+ 2: "Nothing to do.";
3: print " "; CSubjectVerb(player, false, false, "died", "have died", "has died");
print " ";
4: print " "; CSubjectVerb(player, false, false, "won", "have won", "has won");
print " ";
5: print "^Would you like to RESTART, RESTORE a saved game";
#Ifdef DEATH_MENTION_UNDO;
- print ", UNDO your last move";
+ if (undo_flag ~= 0)
+ print ", UNDO your last move";
#Endif;
if (TASKS_PROVIDED == 0) print ", give the FULL score for that game";
if (deadflag == 2 && AMUSING_PROVIDED == 0)
Tense("is now", "was");
print " pitch dark in ";
Tense("here", "there");
- "!";
+ ".";
10: "I beg your pardon?";
11: "[You can't ~undo~ what hasn't been done!]";
12: "[Can't ~undo~ twice in succession. Sorry!]";
29: "I didn't understand that number.";
30: CSubjectCant(actor,true); " see any such thing.";
31: CSubjectVerb(actor, true, false, "seem", "seem", "seems", "seemed");
- " to have said too little!";
- 32: CSubjectIsnt(actor); " holding that!";
+ " to have said too little.";
+ 32: CSubjectIsnt(actor); " holding that.";
33: "You can't use multiple objects with that verb.";
34: "You can only use multiple objects once on a line.";
35: "I'm not sure what ~", (address) x1, "~ refers to.";
- 36: "You excepted something not included anyway!";
+ 36: "You excepted something not included anyway.";
37: CSubjectCan(actor,true); " only do that to something animate.";
#Ifdef DIALECT_US;
38: "That's not a verb I recognize.";
print " of those ";
if (x1 == 1) print "is"; else print "are";
" available.";
- 43: "Nothing to do!";
+ 43: "Nothing to do.";
44: print "There ";
Tense("is", "was");
" nothing to ", (address) x1, ".";
"Score notification off.";
NotifyOn: "Score notification on.";
Objects: switch (n) {
- 1: "Objects ", (nop) CSubjectVerb(actor, false, true, "have", "have", "has"), " handled:^";
- 2: "None.";
- 3: print " (worn)";
- 4: print " (held)";
- 5: print " (given away)";
- 6: print " (in ", (name) x1, ")";
- 7: print " (in ", (the) x1, ")";
- 8: print " (inside ", (the) x1, ")";
- 9: print " (on ", (the) x1, ")";
- 10: print " (lost)";
+ 1: print (nop) CSubjectVerb(actor, false, false, "have", "have", "has"), " handled";
+ 2: CSubjectVerb(actor, false, false, "have", "have", "has"); " handled nothing.";
+ 3: print " (worn)";
+ 4: print " (held)";
+ 5: print " (given away)";
+ 6: print " (in ", (name) x1, ")";
+ 7: print " (in ", (the) x1, ")";
+ 8: print " (inside ", (the) x1, ")";
+ 9: print " (on ", (the) x1, ")";
+ 10: print " (lost)";
}
Open: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectIs (x1,true);
}
Order: CSubjectHas(x1,false); " better things to do.";
Places: switch (n) {
- 1: print "You have visited: ";
+ 1: print (nop) CSubjectVerb(actor, false, false, "have", "have", "has"), " visited";
2: ".";
+ 3: CSubjectVerb(actor, false, false, "have", "have", "has"); " visited nothing.";
}
Pray: print "Nothing practical ";
Tense("results", "resulted");
}
! Push: see Pull
PushDir: switch (n) {
- 1: print "That really ";
- Tense("wouldn't", "didn't");
- " serve any purpose.";
+ 1: print "That really wouldn't ";
+ Tense("serve", "have served");
+ " any purpose.";
2: print "That's ";
Tense("not", "wasn't");
" a direction.";
Remove: switch (n) {
1: CSubjectIs (x1,true); " unfortunately closed.";
2: print "But ";
- CSubjectIsnt(x1,true); " there now.";
+ CSubjectIsnt(x1,true,true); " there now.";
3: "Removed.";
+ 4: print "But ";
+ CSubjectIsnt(x1,true,true); " in or on anything.";
}
Restart: switch (n) {
1: print "Are you sure you want to restart? ";
" nothing by this.";
2: DecideAgainst();
}
+ RunTimeError: print "** ";
+ switch (n) {
+ 1: print "Preposition not found (this should not occur)";
+ 2: print "Property value not routine or string: ~", (property) x2,
+ "~ of ~", (name) x1, "~ (", x1, ")";
+ 3: print "Entry in property list not routine or string: ~",
+ (property) x2, "~ list of ~", (name) x1, "~ (", x1, ")";
+ 4: print "Too many timers/daemons are active simultaneously.
+ The limit is the library constant MAX_TIMERS
+ (currently ", MAX_TIMERS, ") and should be increased";
+ 5: print "Object ~", (name) x1, "~ has no ~", (property) x2,
+ "~ property";
+ 7: print "The object ~", (name) x1, "~ can only be used as a player
+ object if it has the ~number~ property";
+ 8: print "Attempt to take random entry from an empty table array";
+ 9: print x1, " is not a valid direction property number";
+ 10: print "The player-object is outside the object tree";
+ 11: print "The room ~", (name) x1, "~ has no ~", (property) x2,
+ "~ property";
+ 12: print "Tried to set a non-existent pronoun using SetPronoun";
+ 13: print "A 'topic' token can only be followed by a preposition";
+ 14: print "Overflowed buffer limit of ", x1,
+ " using '@@64output_stream 3' ", (string) x2;
+ 15: print "LoopWithinObject broken because the object ",
+ (name) x1, " was moved while the loop passed through it.";
+ 16: print "Attempt to use illegal narrative_voice of ", x1, ".";
+ default:
+ print "(unexplained)";
+ }
+ print " **";
Save: switch (n) {
1: "Save failed.";
2: "Ok.";
}
ScriptOn: switch (n) {
1: "Transcripting is already on.";
- 2: "Start of a transcript of";
+ 2: print "Start of a transcript of"; VersionSub();
3: "Attempt to begin transcript failed.";
}
Search: switch (n) {
Touch: switch (n) {
1: DecideAgainst();
2: CSubjectVerb(actor,true,false,"feel",0,"feels","felt"); " nothing unexpected.";
- 3: print "That really ";
- Tense("wouldn't", "didn't");
- " serve any purpose.";
+ 3: print "That really wouldn't ";
+ Tense("serve", "have served");
+ " any purpose.";
}
! Turn: see Pull.
Unlock: switch (n) {
}
", feeling foolish.";
Wear: switch (n) {
- 1: CSubjectCant(actor,true); " wear ", (ThatOrThose) x1, "!";
- 2: CSubjectIs (actor,true); " not holding ", (ThatOrThose) x1, "!";
- 3: CSubjectIs (actor,true); " already wearing ", (ThatOrThose) x1, "!";
+ 1: CSubjectCant(actor,true); " wear ", (ThatOrThose) x1, ".";
+ 2: CSubjectIs (actor,true); " not holding ", (ThatOrThose) x1, ".";
+ 3: CSubjectIs (actor,true); " already wearing ", (ThatOrThose) x1, ".";
4: CSubjectVerb(actor,false,false,"put on",0,"puts on","put on"); " ", (the) x1, ".";
+ 5: CSubjectVerb(actor, false, false, "need to take", 0, 0, "had to take");
+ print " ", (the) x1, " ";
+ if (x2 has container)
+ print "out";
+ else
+ print "off";
+ " of ", (the) x2, " before wearing ", (ItOrThem) x1, ".";
}
! Yes: see No.
];
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